Ethan Johnson focuses his practices on construction and regularly counsels owners, contractors, and design professionals throughout public and private commercial construction projects. Much of Ethan's practice involves representing construction industry clients in state and federal court, and in private arbitrations concerning complex construction disputes. He also regularly drafts and negotiates construction and design services agreements for his clients, including custom-drafted agreements and modified versions of industry standard forms. Additionally, Ethan reviews public construction solicitations for compliance with applicable laws and advises contractors and design professionals on professional licensing issues.
Ethan's practice is informed by his undergraduate degree in construction engineering and his eight years of experience working in the construction industry prior to practicing law. This experience includes both project management and field operations roles on three healthcare projects and experience at a construction consulting firm where he prepared delay analyses related to subcontractor default claims on large commercial construction projects. Ethan's role at the construction consulting firm included quantifying critical path delay and determining the party responsible for such delays. Some notable projects included a $1 billion New York City high-rise, a $300 million London mixed-use development, and a $125 million San Francisco residential development.
Ethan's construction industry experience also includes his role as a project scheduler at AECOM Tishman in New York City where he worked full time while earning his law degree in the evenings. In this role, Ethan developed and managed construction schedules for commercial high-rise projects with contract values up to $1.3 billion. While at AECOM Tishman, Ethan also worked in the general counsel's office, where he reviewed owner-proposed construction contracts and identified project risks.
Prior to joining Parker Poe, Ethan practiced law at Peckar & Abramson in New York City, where he represented contractors and developers in construction disputes. Due to Ethan's experience as a construction claims consultant and project scheduler, Ethan has a particular interest in representing parties in complex delay claims.